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Published: 03 Feb 2021 03:32 PM BdST
Updated: 03 Feb 2021 03:32 PM BdST
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has criticised a report titled “All the Prime Minister’s Men” by Al Jazeera, a Doha-based broadcaster, denouncing it as baseless and part of a ‘conspiracy against Bangladesh’. );
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The minister made the remarks during the inauguration ceremony of the River Police s ‘Bangabandhu Corner’ at Gulshan Police Plaza on Wednesday.
“Our foreign minister and ISPR have already responded to the report. It is not based on facts it s yellow journalism… This does not fall within journalistic norms,” he said.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Feb 1 published a statement in which it described Al Jazeera’s report as ‘false and defamatory’.
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Published: 29 Jan 2021 01:02 AM BdST
Updated: 29 Jan 2021 01:02 AM BdST
Bangladesh Army chief General Aziz Ahmed is leaving Dhaka on Friday on a state visit to the United States at the invitation of his US Army counterpart. );
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Gen Aziz will discuss regional security and mutual defence cooperation at the US Office of the Secretary of Defence for Policy, South and Southeast Asia during the visit, the Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate or ISPR said in a statement on Thursday.
He will also visit defence structures and training facilities of the US Army.
He will pay a courtesy call on the US army chief and discuss ways to strengthen ties between the two armies.
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Published: 26 Jan 2021 01:00 PM BdST
Updated: 26 Jan 2021 01:00 PM BdST
Captain Nurul Huq, the first chief of Bangladesh Navy, has died in hospital care at the age of 86, after a long spell of hypertension and diabetes. );
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Huq breathed his last at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Monday night, the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate said in a statement.
Huq held important posts in different ships and naval bases in his long career, including a senior engineer officer at the then Pakistan Navy warship and an engineer officer in a destroyer ship.
Following his return from Pakistan, Huq served as the first navy chief in Bangladesh from Apr 7, 1972 to Nov 6, 1973.